Liverpool transfer news: How Alisson deal could have been so much cheaper for Reds chiefs

LIVERPOOL reportedly could have saved themselves nearly £63million if they had signed Alisson earlier.

Liverpool smashed the world transfer record for a goalkeeper when they splashed out £66.8million on the Roma shot-stopper to bring him to Anfield.

The deal for the Brazilian is likely to push Loris Karius - who has come under constant criticism - closer to the exit door.

But according to the Sunday Mirror, the Reds could have landed Alisson for a knock down fee in July 2015.

The report suggests UK-based intermediaries working on behalf of the player’s agent, Ze Maria Neis, were told to secure a move to England which would have been worth £3.1million up front with £900,000 in add-ons.